Once again Seward celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring with the  3rd Annual Seward Spring Break Up Festival on March 15, 16,17, 2013. This festival will be a city wide 3 day fun festival with activities for all ages and will have entertainment and challenges, fat tire demonstration, gear swap meet, pub crawls, wi bowling, Karaoke contest, Steak Friday, Live Music, Pirate costume contests with cash prizes.. and more. This event was started to help the Seward Animal Shelter and a few other non profits throughout the city of Seward by bringing out our community and the surrounding area to welcome spring with a festival. The Pub Crawl will start with everyone of legal age that wishes to participate registering at the Hotel Seward starting 5pm Friday and Saturday nights before starting their journey throughout our cities drinking establishments, free van transport will be available for transports to the participants since they will sign a non driving pledge to be eligible to participate, T shirts will be given away to some of the Pirates that show up with their pirate attire….Contests with cash prizes will occur at Tony’s Bar Friday night at 9pm  and on Saturday at Chinooks at 9pm. We do encourage our participants to drink responsibly and to consider the use of a designated driver. There will also be a Youth and Children Pirate Costume Contest at the Liberty Theater on Saturday……cash prizes for the best dressed pirate. The entire schedule is available at www.sewardevents.com         on facebook   –  Seward Spring Break Up Festival For more Information : Rick Brown  907-224-2600

At last a comprehensive guide to Arts & Events in Alaska to be published this summer by the same people that did the new Whittier Visitor Guide.

The link below outlines the project, the goals & purpose.  Join with us in making this a relevant, informative & valuable resource for visitors & residents alike.

As a thank you for your support, a selection of prints by artist & photgrapher, David Wagner.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1479194715/arts-guide-for-alaska

Its raining, the Summer Market is open and we’ve got great, just picked, Organic Produce. This week we have: Organic: Shelled sweet peas, Red-leaf Head Lettuce, 3 varieties of Beets, Purple and Orange carrots, Snow Peas, Broccoli, Green Beans, Cabbage, Spaghetti Squash, Cauliflower, Sweet Pumpkin, and some of organic herbs. Hot house Tomatoes and Cucumbers. Produce is available Thursday through Saturday until we run out. We will be closed on Sundays for the rest of the season, but since produce should be available through October, we’re going to try to stay open Thursday-Saturday as long as the community comes to support us. We will have bulk potatoes and onions as the season progresses. Of course, there’s still savory Nachos and Gifts in the little red house and we just love to see your smiling faces! Abby Wentworth will be at the market this Thursday with her new Earth Flags and Art—stop by a say hi to her sister who is visiting. The market is located at 312 5th Ave., open Thursday-Saturday 10am -4pm. For information contact Joanie at 760-815-8498 or thegrazingmoose@gmail.com

We have Produce and its SO good. Here’s what’s on the garden menu this week: Certified Organic: Red leaf butter head lettuce, sweet carrots, purple carrots, 4 kinds of beets, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, snow peas, shelled peas. Hot house tomatoes and cucumbers from Bell’s Nursery. If you can’t make it on Thursday, we’ll probably still have some left over for Friday and Saturday so check us out. Senior voucher’s and WIC coupons accepted. Everything is Alaska Grown! Abby Wentworth has her new earth flags and will be at the market Thursday through Saturday—her other earth flags have all sold out, so get her new design while they last! Organic, vegetarian Nachos with the “works” and gifts in the little red house. Still trying to figure out the logistics for the reindeer sausages and hope to have them available soon. The market is open 10am-4pm Thursday through Sunday and is located at 312 5th Ave. Contact Joanie at 760-815-8498 or thegrazingmoose@gmail.com

Opening in June (stay tuned for date):   Summer market featuring arts, crafts, food, and produce.  Market hours will be Wednesday through Sunday from 10am until 4pm.  Interested vendors contact: thegrazingmoose@gmail.com